"dominant" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Exercising influence or control (synset 300794782)
"television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

also: superior - of or characteristic of high rank or importance

tells us about: position, status - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
similar to:
- ascendant, ascendent, dominating - most powerful or important or influential
- controlling - able to control or determine policy
- governing - responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws
- overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating - having superior power and influence
- possessive - having or showing a desire to control or dominate
- sovereign, supreme - greatest in status or authority or power
- superior - (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar (synset 300797348)
referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
Most frequent or common (synset 301070476)
"prevailing winds"

similar to: frequent - coming at short intervals or habitually

same as: predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife

Noun

(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale (synset 106871316)
referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

is a type of: musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different (synset 105445706)
is a type of: allele, allelomorph - (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character

same as: dominant allele